Since the rank’s inception in 1893, chiefs have lent their experience, knowledge and wisdom to those under them to ensure the Navy’s next generation of leaders would be competent and confident enough to bring out the best in those they lead.

The training and capabilities of the SEALs are legendary, but unlike most legends, people do not really know where they came from. There is also the much less talked about and even less known about, Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen.